The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
by Joshua Hammer | History | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1476777403 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1476777403 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/10/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/10/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this good-condition hardcover at a local Savers thrift shop. Seems like a great BookCrossing book - and this was only the second copy registered on the site! It's the amazing - and often heart-wrenching - account of Abdel Kader Haidara, a young archivist and historian from Timbuktu, worked to rescue thousands upon thousands of ancient manuscripts. He and the many who helped him faced terrible dangers, and the whole story is very impressive. [The endpapers on this hardcover edition include a map showing his journey and, in the back, a beautiful color image of an illuminated page from one of the many rescued manuscripts.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at LFL - Park Social, Ledge St. and Pine St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, March 25, 2019
GoryDetails at LFL - Park Social, Ledge St. and Pine St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, March 25, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (3/25/2019 UTC) at LFL - Park Social, Ledge St. and Pine St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Oh the Places We Can Go release challenge. ***
